SABER called Katana
Japan - Edo Period (1603-1868)
Steel, wood, lacquer, copper, horn, shakudo, gold, brass
Nagasa: 68.5; Nakago: 18.3 cm
Sori: 3.4 cm

Shinogi Tsukuri type blade, Mune Hikushi, Gunome type Hamon.
Kaeri Asashi type Boshi..
Nakago Funa Gata and Kiri or Kaku Ichi Monki.
Daitsuki-niju-habaki made of copper covered with silver leaf.
Saya made of wood covered with black sandblasted lacquer, chiseled with twisted leafy scrolls.
Copper kojiri covered with shakudo, engraved with the jô-mon (main coat of arms) of the “Kata-bami” clan; kuge from the Fuji-tani, Iri-yé, Matsubayashi and Ré-zé clans; the kaye-mon (secondary coat of arms) of the Shima-zu of Sado-wara.
Kuri Gata and Koi Guchi in lacquered buffalo horn.
Chiseled brass shitodome.
Wooden tsuka ito, covered in shagreen, braided with black silk, signed.
Kogatana with Kotsuka in iron, engraved with a rider enhanced with gold, shakudo and shibuichi; blade signed.
Kogai made of iron covered with gold, chiseled with a flower.
Copper menuki covered with shakudo depicting a samurai riding the dragon Ryū and a rider crossing a bridge.
Shin No Maru Gata made of iron, openwork with geometric patterns.
Copper sekigane.
Fuchi in copper covered with shakudo, engraved with three horses highlighted in gold, signed Omori Teruhide (大森英秀).
Kashira in copper covered with shakudo, engraved with two horses highlighted in gold.
Golden Shitodome.
Copper seppa, gilded.

Ref.: 6408

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